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Drag and Drop PRN/PS files to printers local or network



 
 
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Old April 14th 07, 05:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Klaus Jorgensen
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Default Drag and Drop PRN/PS files to printers local or network

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Is there any way to get WIN XP PRO and WIN 98 SE to support native drag and
drop of PRN/PS, print to file output, files so that you can drag and drop
them on a printer icon be it a local or network printer?

Doing it via CMD and copy /B file.prn LPT1 or copy /B fle.prn
\\computer\printer is a pain.

A solution I saw used a batch file, but it wasn't truly drag n drop.


If the batch file did nothing but copying the file.prn to LPT1, then
this batch command is a bit more "drag and drop":

copy /b %1 lpt1

Any file dropped onto an icon, passes the full path and filename as an
argument, so the batch command above receives the file to print as %1
and copies that file to LPT1.

If you create an LPT1.BAT with this command in the SendTo folder in
your profile data (i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo), you
will be able to right click the print file, choose "Send To" and then
select LPT1 (though it will display as LPT1.BAT in the Send To menu).

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/klaus


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